Cephaloleia deficiens Uhmann, 1930a

Staines, Charles L. & Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, 2014, The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), ZooKeys 436, pp. 1-355 : 107-108

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.436.5766

publication LSID

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scientific name

Cephaloleia deficiens Uhmann, 1930a
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Cephaloleia deficiens Uhmann, 1930a View in CoL Fig. 112

Cephaloleia deficiens Uhmann 1930a: 226. Blackwelder 1946: 719 (catalog); Papp 1953: 15 (catalog); Uhmann 1957a: 17 (catalog); Gaedike and Döbler 1971: 346 (types); Wilcox 1983: 136 (catalog); Staines 1996: 26 (Central America species), 1997: 413 (Uhmann species list), 2011: 49 (faunal list); Staines and Staines 1997: 7 (types); McKenna and Farrell 2005: 119 (phylogeny), 2006: 10949 (phylogeny).

Description.

Small, ovate-elongate; subconvex; yellowish-brown; antennae, head, and mouthparts black; black vitta present on pronotum and elytra; elytra with black orbicular macula present on suture around scutellum, narrowing and disappearing before middle; venter with pro-, meso-, and metasterna yellow medially, dark laterally, abdomen reddish-brown; leg yellowish, femur dark at apex. Head: vertex densely punctate, golden seta in each puncture, medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: ½ body length; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, slightly clavate; 2 elongate, shorter than 1 or 3; 3 elongate, longer than 1, slightly shorter than 11; 4-10 elongate, subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 11 2 × length of 10, acutely pointed at apex; 1-5 punctate with scattered setae, 6-11 setose. Pronotum: narrow, transverse, widest at base; lateral margin straight, margined; anterior angle rounded, with small tooth; posterior angle angulate; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface coarsely, irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.9-1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.0-1.4 mm. Scutellum: impunctate; pentagonal. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, punctures larger on disc; humerus nearly impunctate; elytral length 3.1-3.5 mm; elytral width 1.7-1.9 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially. Leg: slender; punctate; femur and tibia with short seta in each puncture; tibia with fringe of setae on inner apex, apex dentate. Total length: 4.3-4.7 mm.

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to Cephaloleia balyi , Cephaloleia discoidalis , Cephaloleia dorsalis , Cephaloleia linkei , and Cephaloleia suturalis . It can be distinguished by the yellowish pronotum with a dark longitudinal vitta and by antennomere 1 being clavate and shorter than 3.

Host plant.

According to label data, adults have been collected on Costus bracteatus Gleason, Cephaloleia malortieanus H. Wendl. ( Marantaceae ).

Distribution.

Costa Rica.

Type material examined.

Syntype- Costa Rica, F. Nevermann, 16.VIII.25 [green label]/ Hamburg Farm, Reventazon, Ebene Limon [reversed green label]/ Holotype [red label]/ Cephalolia deficiens sp. n./ Cotype No. 54635 USNM [orange label] (USNM, 1).

Specimens examined.

COSTA RICA: Alajuela- Upala, Sector San Ramón, 1.5 km NW Hacienda Nueva Zelandia (INBIO). Cartago- Quebrada Segunda, P. N. Tapantí, 1200-1300 m (INBIO); Turrialba (USNM). Guanacaste- Estación Pitilla, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, 600-700 m (INBIO); La Cruz, 9 km S Santa Cecilia, 600-700 m (INBIO). Heredia- La Selva nr. Pto. Viejo, 50 m, 19 February 1980 (CMNC); Rara Avis Biological Station, 5 July 2011, 6 July 2011 (USNM). Limón- Hamburg Farm, Reventazón, Ebene Limón, 16 August 1925 (DEI); Sardinas, Barra del Colorado, 4 km NW Cerro Cocorí, 0-100 m (INBIO); A. C. Llanuras del Tortuguero, 0-100 m (INBIO); Pococí, Colorado, Sector Cerro Cocorí, 30 km N Cariari, 100-200 m (INBIO); Sito Tibieblas, 2 km NE Tigra, 1400-1500 m (INBIO). Total: 13.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Cephaloleia